Flash Flood in Hawaii, March 24, 2006

Name: Flash Flood in Hawaii, March 24, 2006
Start: 2006-03-24T19:45
End: 2006-03-24T22:45
Location: Hawaii

March 24, 2006 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly impacted the south-central and southeast sections of Oahu. The Makiki Stream overflowed its banks near Fern Street in the McCully area because of the heavy downpour.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 24, 4:00 PM HST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 4:00 PM HST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
400 PM HST FRI MAR 24 2006

.SYNOPSIS...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A MOSTLY NICE
 DAY TOMORROW. THE BASIC WET PATTERN TO REMAIN WITH US THRU NEXT
 WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...AFTER THIS MORNINGS ARRIVAL OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
 NEAR KONA ON THE BIG ISLAND TODAY TURNED OUT TO BE A NICE ALBEIT A
 WARM ONE. HOWEVER RECENT MODELS HAVE MAINTAINED OUR NEMESIS...THE
 UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WEST OF THE STATE. JUDGING FROM VARIOUS MODELS
 THE NEXT WORRISOME SHORT WAVE IMPULSE ARRIVES LATE SUNDAY/MONDAY.
 THERE ARE STILL INDIVIDUAL  THUNDERSTORM CELLS TO THE SOUTHWEST
 WHOSE ARRIVALS WOULD BE AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING. SATURDAY STILL
 LOOKS TO BE MUCH LIKE TODAY...A DAY DRIER THAN MANY OF THOSE THIS
 PAST FEW WEEKS. THE FINAL HOORAY IS STILL NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH
 WHEN TRADES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
 FLASH FLOOD WATCH...ALL ISLANDS...THRU SATURDAY NIGHT.
 WIND ADVISORY...BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...THRU EARLY SATURDAY.

&&

MATSUDA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 24, 5:25 PM HST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
525 PM HST FRI MAR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     HAIL             3 SE MOUNTAIN VIEW      19.49N 155.12W
03/24/2006  M0.88 INCH       HAWAII             HI   PUBLIC

&&

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The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Honolulu

When: March 24, 7:45 PM HST to 10:45 PM HST
Where: Honolulu County, Aiea
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 21.383, -158.950

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Hawaii in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Hawaii, March 2006

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5495608.